Yeah just the look of these things is still futuristic and almost chilling. A distillation of what cool space-age-spine-tingling-awesome was meant...
One has to start somewhere. Velentin and Emiel are the Walkman masters with these sort of models and will advise.
That's great. I like reading about thorough restorations like this :nodding:
The belt is extremely loose and needs replacing. Yes really. The proper replacement from fixyouraudio, or on their ebay store, is $5.80 + shipping...
That's some great specific-case help :thumbsup:
Bluetooth: There are a ton of long youtube videos showing how others have done that. Might be helpful to watch a few.
Great experiment and overall discussion! :thumbsup:
Maybe it is the idler tire slipping. Super common problem. Look for small rubber ring or washer on a plastic hub that moves when FF or RW are used...
Well? How did the testing of the D-303 work out? Any luck?
For the scratched up plastic, what I use on occasion is Polywatch in the small white tube. It says on the tube "made in Germany" so it has gotta...
I kinda breezed over the service manual to see if I could find the mystery spring... to no avail. Why not reassemble and test? There has to be...
The picture of the mystery spring is not very good. I can't tell if the spring has hooks on each end? Does it? Hitachi-TRK-5190E-p7.pdf <--- if...
Best to avoid propriety headphone connectors like the plague. My comment was a prime example of an uninformed knee jerk utterance :frown: Prior to...
Never heard of them. I just spent 20 minutes over there checking out what they have listed. I see a few nice late models I wouldn't mind trying....
An interesting discussion. Many good points and opinions so far! (Here is my very peculiar opinion: I fixate on D6 and D6C due to audio quality,...
Yeah it always astounds me how fanatics who build these awesome sites suddenly lose interest. It has happened over in other hobbies and interests...
This is page 7 of the D-303 service manual. One assumes they mean to load the Discman with two AA as a power source in order to check that the...
Welcome back! Being new here... I was ignorant of your importance and connection to Stereo2go site! I have come across Walkman-archive site a...
Good recommendations Jorge. If the belt is really unbreakable then it warrants a second look at a D-10. Worth going in deep and cleaning the...
Another thing I forgot to add: The D-10 Discman was the loudest Discman I have yet heard. After coming back from Kaosun the gears were lubricated...
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